Just started the game after the patch today, got total black screen (apart from UI elements) but I managed to fix that after verifying game files by resetting the launcher settings. BUT, I noticed that the DLSS option is gone, which sucks, since I used it to make the game look gorgeous, and it is kind of needed, given I play on 1080p.
I didn’t see anything regarding the removal of DLSS in the patch notes so is it a bug or am I just blind and this is in the patch notes? If so I hope it’s temporary, since FSR is much worse for my RTX3060ti
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same here on RTX 3080. Since the patch the DLSS option is gone.
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Also, it’s not just DLSS, it’s also the Nvidia Super Resolution setting that’s gone as well…
We’ll check it out. Thank you!
Could you include your darktide_launcher.log please?:
Sure here it is. May be kinda wacked though, since I deleted the whole Darktide folder and verified when trying to fix the black screen. It should still have all you need in regards to Dlss and super resolution though, since they are both still missing.
darktide_launcher.log (54.4 KB)
So, after some more digging up and some more troubleshooting I think I might have more info on this. It seems from the launcher logs that the game doesn’t think that some Nvidia cards on some systems support DLSS, even though they do (I played nearly 200 hours of this game with DLSS and Frame Generation). So I decided to go to the user config file and re-enable my DLSS and Frame gen settings manually. As a result, the game reverted to the black screen I mentioned in the OP and only got fixed after I again either delete the config folder or reset all the video settings from the launcher, both of which turn of DLSS.
Also, and more importantly, this has happened before numerous times to different people. It seems that after almost every update, someone either on reddit or here, posts about this and gets the usual acknowledgement and the usual “we’re looking into it”. Then this is never addressed again. Not in patch notes, not in their original posts and not in hotfixes. It seems that almost every update completely borks some systems this exact same way where DLSS and Frame gen is no longer supported and no one knows why or how. It’s also completely unrelated to drivers since some posts about this are almost a month old (2 or 3 driver editions before the current one).
I think everyone afflicted by this issue would appreciate an update on what’s going on since it is not a new issue exclusive to this “patch”.
Cheers
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I have the exact same issue, which I tried resolving following the same steps.
Did nothing.
FSR makes a lot of artifacts, no FSR is unplayable.
These are my logs
console-2022-12-16-11.15.16-3f4df6b6-984b-4737-bf05-247697f09768.log (171.1 KB)
console-2022-12-16-11.24.05-20f9919e-0a58-43c7-ba15-1242ef15f94f.log (170.5 KB)
console-2022-12-16-19.12.13-3e9f1c12-a946-4cac-85f6-75d25f33f21a.log (190.4 KB)
console-2022-12-17-06.36.52-2d3ff809-26b1-4106-8e51-e3f83463e11c.log (68.8 KB)
console-2022-12-17-06.40.25-4afea3ee-056b-4cbc-a7ee-a6e165650c8b.log (72.6 KB)
I may have a bandaid to make this playable with FSR till they fix DLSS. Try turning on DSR on your Nvidia control panel and select 1 resolution higher than the one you normally play on. If you play on 1080p select 1440p, if you are on 1440p select 4k etc. Smoothness should be like 65-80% but that’s personal preference.
Then launch the game with FSR 2 on Balanced and select your higher resolution that now should be available in-game or in the launcher. Quality will be slightly worse, performance slightly worse but playable. You should mind your temps though, since DSR tends to up the GPU temp by like 8-15 C. Should work fine though if you are below your GPU threshold.
I’m really looking forward to a fix for this though, since it sucks…
i try both launcher and darktide.exe give full permission in security setting and close all compatibility setting my dlss came back. darktide.exe in binaries launcher.exe in laucher file
While I was trying to apply your bandaid I might have found out mine (simpler?) alternative.
Geforce Exp optimal settings managed to turn on dlss even though it still doesn’t show in the settings. The game runs almost as satisfactory as it used to before the patch, just no raytracing.
It crashes basically as often as it used to.
Unfortunately neither of these fixes do anything for my system. Don’t really know what else to do honestly. Thanks for the help everyone, but I might just have to wait and see if the next update/hotfix does anything. Further suggestions always welcome <3
As of today, even with the new hotfix nothing has changed… Just for anyone else who has this issue here’s the things I have tried so far but didn’t give any results to bring back DLSS or Super Resolution:
- All the graphics and launcher troubleshooting from the devs themselves (HAGS, high performance, deleting the config file. deleting GPU detector dll, clean driver install etc…)
- Reverting to old drivers (multiple versions)
- Optimizing through Nvidia Geforce Experience
- Giving launcher, gpu detector and Darktide.exe full permissions
- Manually enabling DLSS through the config file
- Uninstalling and reinstalling the game
- Running the exe as admin
- Full exemption from firewall/antivirus
- Verifying game files
At this point I’m at a loss. With todays (21-12-2022) “hotfix” the Nvidia Reflex setting is gone as well. Given the fact that it is pretty much confirmed that no dev is touching this game till the new year, I guess I’ll just hop off and have a look occasionally at the forum for any developments, or a new driver comes out that might fix this, although I’m really not hopeful… Such a shame…
I can report that I am having the same issue with a RTX 4080, I had DLSS with frame generation working for a few days and then suddenly the launcher decided that my card didn’t support DLSS at all and have had to fall back to using FSR as an alternative.
Fixes I have tried include:
- Deleting all of the shader cache stored in
%APPDATA%/Roaming/Fatshark/Darktide - Manually setting DLSS on the user_settings config, but then you get and all black render in the games viewport
- Uninstalling and reinstalling the game
Looking at the darktide_launcher print out I think the issue must lie with C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\launcher\GPUDetection.exe incorrectly detecting the card as while it gets that card is DLSS_3 capable that doesn’t get correctly translated to the Supports DLSS and Supports Frame Generation boolean states.
11:14:37.516 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] Running gpu detection
11:14:37.516 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] [GPU Detection] Executing GPUDetection.exe
11:14:37.738 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] GPU detection completed.
11:14:37.738 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] NVIDIA GPU
11:14:37.738 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] DLSS Capability: DLSS_3
11:14:37.738 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] RayTracing Capability: RAY_TRACING_LEVEL_3
11:14:37.738 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] Supports DLSS: False
11:14:37.738 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] Supports Frame Generation: False
11:14:37.738 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] Supports Reflex: True
Here is my log for reference
darktide_launcher.log (300.0 KB)
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I had the same issue but was able to fix it by:
- Disable steam cloud backup
- Delete Fatshark folder in appdata
- delete all data in steamapps/common/darktide
- verify game (this triggers a full install)
After all that the option for frame generation and dlss came back. Hope it works for you too!
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I have yet to see DLSS or Frame gen option and I’ve had the game since release. Log is the same…DLSS Capable but the launcher thinks it doesn’t support the options…
I recently encoutered this problem.
It was fine since launch but with latest update the dlss and nreflex option disapeared.
fsr still avaiable
clean reinstall, manualy activating it in usersettings.config or geforce now does not fix it either.
rtx3080, help is very appreciated